Receptacle



y 1951 A. F. REILLY 2,554,421

RECEPTACLE Filed Dec. 23, 1946 Zhwentor v ALFRED E REILLY,

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(Ittorneg Patented May 2 2, 195i UNITED STATES RATENT OFFICE RECEPTACLEAlfred F. Reilly, North Attleboro, Mass.

Application December 23, 1946, Serial No. 717,936

Claims. 1

The invention relates to receptacles made up of two sections at leastone of which is hollow and includes two walls which meet and may besoldered together about their meeting margins. The two sections ormembers of the receptacles may be hinged together at their edges and astrain may be put on the members and especially on the soldered joint atthe hinge. This may be particularly noticed in compacts and the like inwhich one member may comprise a shell into which is soldered a bezel atits margin. Usually the hinge means is made integral with the bezel andespecially in a compact one member may contain a mirror which makes theWeight tend to break away the joint at or near the hinge. The presentinvention contemplates providing a plate or the like underlying thebezel at the hinge and acting as a supporting member therefor. .Thesupporting plate may also extend across the joint and rest against theshell. Such an arrangement may make place for better soldering andprevent breaking away of the parts in use. A special seat may beprovided in the shell for the plate.

I One embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawingin which Figure 1 is a perspective view of an open compact. Figure 2 isa section on the line 22 of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a perspective view ofthe plate or supporting member. Figure 4 is a bottom fragmentary planView of a bezel showing the plate in position at the hinge before put onthe shell. Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view of the inside of a shell.

A shell member It] may be fitted with a bezel member H which as is usualwill meet the shell and be fastened to it by solder within its entireperiphery. Hinge members I2 may be turned up on each bezel to eventuallybe put together to receive the hinge pintle 13. Since the bezel andshell generally meet at only a line at their edges there is not muchroom to apply the needed solder to hold them together. Through most ofthe periphery there is little strain and the bezel may stay in place inthe shell. At the hinge, however, the strain is greater and in order torelieve this and make a stronger joint at this point there may beprovided a supporting plate [4 which will closely underly the bezel atthe hinge. There usually is an inner collar 15 in the bezel member andthe supporting plate l4 may have extending legs l6 which may engage thecollar 15 and be braced against it. This arrangement provides arelatively large surface to receive solder, instead of the usual nearlyline contact, at the hinge. The plate l4 may also have an integralflangelike part ll of it turned just at the hinge and entering andengaging a pocket 58 formed in the shell member it. This arrangementaids in strengthening the joint and provides additional space andsurface to receive additional solder to make a joint which will notbreak apart when the hinge is operated as the device is opened andclosed.

The specific details are not essential but may be changed in manyrespects.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a compact or the like a shell, a bezel joined along its marginaledge to the marginal edge of the shell by soldering, a depending collarin the bezel, a hinge member at the edge of and integral with the bezel,a pocket in the shell facing the hinge member, a supporting memberunderlying the bezel adjacent the hinge member and extending from thejoint between the shell and bezel edges to and being braced against thecollar, a flange integral with and at right angles to the supportingmember and lying against the shell in the pocket, and said supportingmember being attached to both shell and bezel by the Y solder of theedge joined therebetween.

2. In a compact or the like a shell, 3. bezel joined along its marginaledge to the marginal edge of the shell by soldering, a hinge member atthe edge of and integral with the bezel, a pocket in the shell facingthe hinge member, a supporting member underlying the bezel adjacent thehinge member, and a flange integral with and at right angles to thesupporting member and lying against the shell in the pocket, saidsupporting member and flange being attached to both the shell and bezelby the solder of the edge joint therebetween.

3. In a compact or the like a shell, a bezel joined along its marginaledge to the marginal edge of the shell by soldering, a hinge member atthe edge of and integral with the bezel, a supporting member underlyingthe bezel adjacent the hinge member and including a flange integral withand depending from the supporting member into the space between thebezel and shell and following the contour of the inner surface of theshell, said supporting member and flange being attached to both theshell and bezel by the solder of the edge joint therebetween.

4. In a compact or the like a shell, .a bezel joined along its marginaledge to the marginal edge of the shell by soldering, a depending collarin the bezel, a hinge member at the edge of and integral with the bezel,a supporting member underlying the bezel adjacent the hinge member 3 andbeing braced against the collar, and a flange integral with and at anangle to the supporting member and lying against the shell, saidsupporting member and flange being attached to both the shell and bezelby the solder of the edge joint 'therebetween.

5. In a compact or the like a shell, a bezel joined along its marginaledge to the marginal edge of the shell by soldering, a depending collarin the bezel, a hinge member at the edge of and integral with the bezel,a pocket in the shell facing the hinge member, a supporting memberunderlying the bezel adjacent the hinge member and extending to andbraced against the collar, and a flange integral with the supportingmemher and extending into the pocket and having direct contact with theinner surface of the shell, said supporting member and its flange beingattached to both the shell and bezel by the solder of the edge jointtherebetween.

ALFRED F. REILLY.

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